By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,439) A city committee voted tonight to recommend to the Portland City Council that it support an amended ordinance that would regulate private parking management companies in the City of Portland. Up to this time, … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,438) The City has announced that Fire Chief Jerome LaMoira is resigning his post effective 10/20/15.  Chief LaMoira has served since January 3, 2013, leading Portland’s 235-member fire and emergency management department. “Chief LaMoira has … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,437) An application for a Level III subdivision and site plan review of 158 Fore Street has been filed with the city’s planning division according to a notification by the city.  The proposal is to … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,436) Mayor Esther Manheimer told a crowd gathered at Hannaford Hall at USM on Saturday of the many similarities that her city, Asheville, North Carolina and Portland share.  Asheville has a population of roughly 21,000 … Continue reading →

Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,435) The Grand Trunk Office Building at 1 India Street was recently sold to Gorham Savings Bank to be used as office space for the bank according to a source familiar with the deal. The Bank … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,434) Earlier this week the city’s planning board approved two applications for construction of residential units to be located on Munjoy Hill.  Both projects, incidentally, are adjacent  to residential buildings already owned by the applicant. … Continue reading →

  By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,433) The Grand Opening for the Munjoy Hill branch of Gorham Savings Bank took place late this afternoon.   The new branch is located on the first floor of 118 Congress Street – the … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,433) “Are We Loving Portland to Death?” – The public  is invited to attend a day-long community conversation Saturday, October 3rd at Abromson Hall on the USM campus in Portland that will address this question. … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,432) Monument Square was a sea of pink T-shirts at noon today as supporters of the embattled Planned Parenthood gathered to respond to conservatives in the US Congress who are trying to defund Planned Parenthood, … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken  (Post # 2,431) Planned Parenthood Pink has scheduled its first ever National Pink Out Day for tomorrow, Tuesday, September, 29th.  It runs from 11:45 am until 1:00 pm. in Monument Square in downtown Portland. There is a … Continue reading →